Improvement in lawn-rakes



CHRISTIAN HERTZ'LG, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

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|NIPRQVEMENT IN LAWN-RAKES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 180, l3l, dated July 25, 1876; application led v June 22,1576. t

To all whom 'it may concer-n.'

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN HERTZIG, a resident ot' Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lawn Rakes; and Ldo hei-:by declare the following to bc a full, clear, and exact Adescription of the invention, suclras will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, `reference heilig had to the accompany? ing drawings, which form part ot' this speciiication.

My invention relates to an improvement in lawn-lakes; and consists in the peculiar shape oi the teeth, and in the relative position which the teeth and handle occupy to each other.

Figure l of the drawing represents the rake in isometrical projection.A Fig. 2 is a transverse section, showing the curvature of the -teeth and the relative position thereto of the handle.

A is a bar from which' the teeth B project, or to which they are tired.l O is the curved prong' projecting from about the center ot' the bar A, and to .which the handle of the rake attaches. The teeth' B are straight for about onethird of their length, and curved for the remainder, as 'shown in the drawing. The front and rear plane of each tooth meet in a vline at d. The side planes taper eachv to a point, which points are separated a distance equal tothe length ot' saidv line d, which vconnects them. The taper ot' the teeth in width is slight. The prong is curved, as shown, so

as to prevent the clogging ot' the rake, and to increase its carrying capacity'.

When this device is in operation the parts m of the teeth are in contact with the ground, l

rlhe practical operation of the'device is very satisfactory, and the inventor believes that it is several times more durable than the ordinary lawn-rake.

What l claimas my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a rake, the combination ofthe handle and curved teeth B, the points of the latter constructed to be elevated above the surface of the ground when the rake is in operation,

substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. rlhe combination of the curved teeth, curved prong, and handle, the points ot' the teeth being elevated above the surface of' the ground when the rake is in operation, subs tantially as and for the purpose speciied.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHRISTIAN HERTZIG. Witnesses:

FRANcis ToUMEY, EDWARD WALSH.

The rake is evi- 

